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Multimedia content on the CERN Document Server

The CERN Document Server contains photo material produced by CERN and the Experiments.

How to submit images

Images can be submitted via the image submission interface. The CERN Photolab, the Experiments, and some of the Departments, Groups and Projects have their dedicated submission category, which feeds a specific collection. If you require a specific category, please contact us. Otherwise, any CERN user can submit their CERN photos via the OPEN Photo category.
When submitting or modifying images, you have the possibility of creating cropped versions of the images, and embed them directly from CDS.

How to edit images

The submitter of the images and the curators can edit the metadata by following the [Modify this record (restricted)] link (bottom left, in red, visible when logged in). If you don't see the modification link, and you think you should have the right to modify the record, please make sure you are logged in.

How to share images

You can share any public photo record directly from CDS by using the share buttons located in the bottom-right side of any record.
API for referencing single images:

http://cds.cern.ch/images/{image-id}, where image-id can be found under each image on CDS. Ex: http://cds.cern.ch/images/CERN-EX-0705021-01

http://cds.cern.ch/api/mediaexport?id={image-id} for exporting the information about one particular image in JSON.

How to embed images

You can embed any image from CDS as it is or any record (group of images) as a slideshow.

How to embed images in CERN Drupal sites

Multimedia content from CDS can be easily embedded into CERN Drupal sites. A comprehensive documentation can be found here.

How to embed slideshows

On each photo record page you can see a button "View as slideshow", located before the thumbnails of the images. This slideshow can be embedded on your website, by copy-pasting the embed code (under the slideshow).
There are several parameters available:

captions(true, false) By default the captions are displayed. Ex: http://cds.cern.ch/images/BUL-PHO-VIEW-2015-001/export?format=espp&ln=en&captions=true

ln(en, fr) If captions are enabled, the language parameter will decide which caption to display, the English or the French. If the language is French but there is no French caption for a picture, the English caption will be used (in this way there is no need to duplicate captions). Ex: http://cds.cern.ch/images/BUL-PHO-VIEW-2015-001/export?format=espp&ln=en&captions=true

format(espp, sspp) This parameter controls the transition of the slideshow. By default the transition is "fade". This corresponds to format=sspp. In some cases, as for the CERN Bulletin, the transition is "scroll horizontally", which corresponds to format=sspp. Ex: http://cds.cern.ch/images/BUL-PHO-VIEW-2015-001/export?format=espp&ln=en&captions=true

There is also the possibility of creating a slideshow out of all records that have a particular keyword, for ex: http://cds.cern.ch/images/keywords/CERN PHOTOWALK?format=sspp

The CERN Document Server contains video material produced by CERN and the Experiments.
If you are interested in knowing more about accessing CERN copyrighted material, please check our help guide.

How to submit videos

Videos can be submitted via the video submission interface.
It is advised to submit subtitle files individually, and not embedded into the video, as they can be indexed and searched, contributing to a better search experience for the users.
Please submit as much metadata as possible, so the video is easily found by users.
Also, please make sure you add the appropriate copyright and licence, both for the video material, as well as for any additional material used (music, etc.).

How to edit videos

The submitter of the video and the curators can edit the video metadata by following the [Modify record] link (top right, in red, visible when logged in). If you don't see the modification link, and you think you should have the right to modify the record, please make sure you are logged in.

How to share videos

You can share any public video directly from CDS by using the share buttons located in the bottom-right side of any video record.
Additionally, you can directly upload any public video to YouTube by using the "Upload video to YouTube" functionality under the "Share" tab, located under the metadata section of each video.

How to embed videos

You can embed any public video or lecture from CDS. The embed code can be found under the "Embed" tab, located under the metadata section of each video.
There are several parameters available to customize the embedded video:

showTitle(true, false) By default the title is displayed. Ex: http://cds.cern.ch/video/CERN-MOVIE-2015-028-001?showTitle=true

repeat(false, true) By default the video will stop after playing once. Ex: http://cds.cern.ch/video/CERN-MOVIE-2015-028-001?repeat=true

video_width(use with care) By default, we chose the optimal video subformat to stream. If you have some constraints, as in the case of public screens, you have the possibility of forcing a specific subformat. Ex: http://cds.cern.ch/video/CERN-MOVIE-2015-028-001?video_width=640

How to embed videos in CERN Drupal sites

Multimedia content from CDS can be easily embedded into CERN Drupal sites. A comprehensive documentation can be found here.